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At crucial points in the collective history of mankind, new art practices have evolved to address the changing relationships between nature, society and the individual. Nature Revisited, the ongoing group show, attempts to visually articulate some of the radical new ways of responding to the environment. It showcases works by 11 Indian artists and looks to depict how, within contemporary practices, perspectives about art and issues pertaining to nature are dynamic. The works on show abide by the tradition that views art as a mirror of nature. At the same time, there is an awareness of aesthetically appreciating nature for its own sake, besides its form as a work of art. The paintings also take a critical stance towards the ‘picturesque’, either by depicting objects or scenes that do not conform to the conventional idea of the picturesque, or by presenting what are considered traditionally beautiful aspects of nature in forms that are deliberately distorted. Participants: Debnath Basu, Nantu Behari, Tapas Biswas, Jayashree Chakravarty, Adip Dutta, Rajan Krishnan, K.S. Radha Krishna, Jagannath Panda, Manisha Parekh, Mithu Sen (a painting by her appears here) and Anjum Singh. Curated by Jayashree Chakravarty and Anirudh Chari.
Event: An exhibition of paintings by a group of well-known artists When: Till June 1 (except Sundays); 11 am - 7 pm Where: Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road
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ART
Till May 8 at CIMA Gallery; Monday: 3 pm - 7 pm, Tuesday - Saturday: 11 am - 7 pm: Goethe Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, in collaboration with CIMA Gallery Pvt. Ltd, presents Music From an Unknown Source — paintings by Sigmar Polke.
May 6 - 12 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South ‘B’ Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Sixth Sense — a group exhibition of painting and sculpture. Featuring works by Basudev Sarkar, Ujjwal Debnath, Rajib Sur Roy, Sujit Kumar Ghosh, Kushal Mukherjee, Indranil Ghosh and Debjyoti Purakayastha.
May 6 - 12 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: Self, a platform for young contemporary artists, presents Rabi O Chhobi — a group show of paintings based on Tagore’s creations. Featuring works by Sougata Chattopadhyay, Nibedita Sen, Sibshankar Kundu, Rajib Deyashi and Anup Bandyopadhyay. Inauguration this evening at 5.30.
Till May 7 at Chemould, 12F Park Street: Paintings and sculptures by Jaimini Gain and Bapi Paul.
Till May 9 at Café The, ICCR, 11 am - 8 pm: A solo exhibition of paintings by Nitai Saha. The artist will be painting live from 3 pm to 6 pm.
Till May 9 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4 pm - 8 pm: Poetry in Colours — an exhibition of paintings by Binita Bandyopadhyay, Debajyoti Sarkar, Pulakesh Mandal, Rajeev Sarkar, Rampujan Singh, Sanjeev Kumar, Shampa Chatterjee, Subrata Roy Choudhury, Sudeshna Dey, Suman Roy, Suparna Mitra and Vanu Grahacharjee.
Till May 15 (except Sunday) at Galerie 88, 28 B Shakespeare Sarani, #2290 2274; 11 am - 7pm, Mondays: 2 pm - 7 pm: Complexcity — an exhibition of the works of Sanatan Saha.
Till May 15 at Art Walk, South City Mall; 12 noon - 8 pm: Paintings by Prabal Roy.
Till May 15 at Emami Tower, 687 Anandapur, EM Bypass, #40113182/83; 2 pm - 7 pm: Dakshin-Paschim, an exhibition of contemporary art. Curated by Dr Archana Roy.
Till May 28 at Gallery Nakshatra, 2/1 Outram Street, #2289 2982: Lluvia — an exhibition of recent paintings by Raj Sekhar Aich.
Till May 30 (except Sundays) at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road, #24653212; 11 am - 7 pm: Fragile Order, a solo exhibition of Anita Gopal’s work.
Till May 31 (except Sundays) at Ahuja Museum for Arts, 26 Lee Road, ground floor; 12 noon - 7 pm: Ancient Love — a series of paintings by Ganesh C. Basu.
Till June 1 (except Sundays) at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road, #24484925, 24497931; 11 am - 7 pm: Nature Revisited, curated by Jayashree Chakravarty and Anirudh Chari. Featuring works by Debnath Basu, Nantu Behari, Tapas Biswas, Jayashree Chakravarty, Adip Dutta, Rajan Krishnan, K.S. Radha Krishna, Jagannath Panda, Manisha Parekh, Mithu Sen and Anjum Singh.
Till June 5 (except Sundays) at Experimenter, 2/1 Hindusthan Road; #4001 2289 / 2463 0465; 11 am - 7 pm: Who Are You, Defenders Of The Universe? — a solo show by Pakistani artist Mehreen Murtaza, who explores a brand new frontier of consciousness where today’s electronic ether confronts time-honoured importance of religion and the sacred foundation of all things created. Featuring digital C prints, video, LED installation, and sound-and-light cube installation.
Till June 30 at Srijanee, 11A & B Esplanade East; 10 am - 8 pm: God & Nature — the fourth solo exhibition of paintings by Sreesudip.
DRAMA
May 6 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Charbak presents Apsara Theater-er Mamla, based on a story by Satyajit Ray. Direction & performance: Sabyasachi Chakraborty.
May 6 at Minerva Theatre; 6.30 pm: Theatre Workshop presents its recent production, Juddha Paristhiti. Drama & direction: Ashok Mukhopadhyay.
May 6 at Sujata Sadan; 6.30 pm: Ushnik will stage Gauhar Jaan. Drama & direction: Ishita Mukhopadhyay.
May 7 at Minerva Theatre; 6.45 pm: Samstab will stage Bhutnath. Direction & performance: Dwijen Bandyopadhyay.
May 8 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Natyaranga will stage Binodini Katha, directed by Swapan Sengupta.
May 8 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Laboratory — Lok-Krishti’s tribute to Tagore. Drama & direction: Phalguni Chattopadhyay.
May 9 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Natasena will stage its latest production, Fata Gopal. Drama: Rajat Ghosh. Direction: Durga Chakraborty.
PERFORMING ARTS
May 6 at Sisir Mancha; 5 pm: Kalamandalam Sangeetotsav 2010. Featuring dances by Anuradha Venkatraman (Bharata Natyam, New Delhi), Moumala Nayak (Katha, New Delhi), Itishree Mohanty (Odissi, Bhubaneswar), Pallavi Saran Mathur (Bharata Natyam, New Delhi), Sattriya Dance Group (Kalabhumi, Guwahati) and Keka Sinha (Kathak, Mumbai).
May 6 at Oxford Bookstore, Park Street; 5.30 pm: On the occasion of Rabindra Jayanti, Oxford Junior and Purple Kubzz present Aamra Sobai Raja, a tribute to Tagore by children. The evening will comprise songs and dances by students of Nabankur. To be followed by a narration of Tagore’s short stories by Arpita Chatterjee.
May 6 at Rabindra Sadan; 5.30 pm: Dui Banglaye Rabindranath as interpreted by Suchitra Mitra and Fahmida Khatun. Participants: Srikanto Acharya, Sraboni Sen, Manomoy Bhattacharya, Pubali Debnath, Ratna Mitra, Lily Islam, Mita Haq, Satinath Mukhopadhyay, Chaiti Ghoshal, Shubhaprasad Nandi Majumdar, Shantilal Mukherjee, Kabir Sen Barat, Writa Dutta Chakraborty and Tapas Roy. Presenter: Rudraprasad Sengupta.
May 6 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6.30 pm: Adwitiya and Bishwayan jointly host Anandarupinee — an evening of Tagore songs by Rahul Mitra.
May 6 & 7 at Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi Sabhagriha; 6.30 pm: To mark 25 years of poetry festival and 150th birth anniversary of Tagore, Abrittiloke presents Utsav 2010. Today: Aamar Rabindranath. Participants: Sunil Gangopadhyay, Soumitra Chattopadhyay, Samir Aich, Bickram Ghosh, Suman Mukhopadhyay, Srijato, and Sraboni Sen. Compere: Indrani Bhattacharya.
TALK
May 6 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Swami Prasannatmananda will speak in Bengali on Devavani.
May 6 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 7 pm: Swami Vamanananda will speak on Practice of Spirituality and Meditation.
May 6 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra; 7 pm: Dr Kalpana Sarkar will speak on Matri Sannidhye.
FILM SHOW
Till May 8 at Gorky Sadan; 6 pm: Film session dedicated to the 65th anniversary of victory over fascism, Love at the Tome of War and After. Today: A Walking in the Cloud (dir: Alfonso Arau).
EXHIBITION
Till May 15 at 8/2 Loudon Street, 2nd floor, #2281 1524: Earthy Myths showcases its signature cotton outfits.
Till May 7 at 16/2 Gariahat Road (opp. UCO Bank), #98300 54718; 11 am - 8.30 pm: Joyita’s Selection presents an exclusive summer special designer wear.
Till May 10 at Azura, 3 Royd Street, #2227 2219, 22298651; 11 am - 6.30 pm: Azura unveils an exquisite and stylish range costume jewellery and silhouettes for all occasions which include sarees, kurtas, dresses, blousons, tunic.
WORKSHOP
Till May 6 at Aban Gallery, Govt College of Art & Craft, Calcutta: Workshop on Reunderstanding East Asian Ink-Brush Tradition.
May 7 - 9 at Senator Hotel, Camac Street; 9 am - 6 pm: California Hypnosis Institute of India brings basic Hypnotherapy Course Level-1 for individuals who want to understand how the mind works, how we block ourselves with our limiting belief systems and how to overcome them and implant positive suggestion in our mind. It is also the first step in a five-step process in becoming a defined clinical hypnotherapist. For details, call 9830129292.
May 8 at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place, #2461 3145: To mark the opening of Kolfiesta Summer Camp, introductory demo sessions on (1) tabla workshop (11.30 am - 1 pm) with Arif Khan; and (2) Latin music workshop & music appreciation workshop (5 pm - 7 pm) by Pradyumna S. Manot.
May 16 at Aneek Natya Mancha, Salt Lake Stadium, Gate no. 1; 12 noon - 6 pm: Summer magic workshop for children (8 yrs to 16 yrs). For details, call 2321-6734.
EDUCATION FAIR
May 10 at The Park, 17 Park Street; 10.30 am - 5.30 pm: World Education Fair 2010 with more than 60 renowned institutions from UK, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. Informative seminars on study abroad will be held every half an hour. For free registration, call Edwise Oversaes Education Consultant (#4012 2333) or sms “ED WK” to 54242. Register online: www.worldeducationfair.comAll those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to: Time out, The Telegraph, 6 Prafulla Sarkar Street, Calcutta-700 001; Fax: 2234-8244
All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less
than a week ahead to:
Time out, The Telegraph, 6, Prafulla Sarkar Street, Calcutta-700 001;
Fax: 2234-8244
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